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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The county messed up with this 1:1 technology, giving every child a laptop. Kids are now addicted to screens and must use screens at school and for homework. They are now intertwined with school which is the real issue. Schools should collect the laptops and go back to traditional paper and pencil, and regular textbooks. Old school learning. I 100% blames the county.[/quote]
No, it’s the hours and hours at home on screens that “are the real issue.”[/quote] Right. If kids are "addicted to screens" it's not because they are using them during some class time. I had kids obsessed with video games, phones, etc long before we were regularly using personal technology in school. [/quote] According to the Keyboard Karens here, it’s all the fault of teachers for not fully engaging all 28 kids for 90 minutes that’s causing them to be addicted to their phones. Phones that, I might add, these kids can’t possibly live without because Mommy might need to check in on them for some reason that can’t be handled via the school office. It’s because a teacher took a couple days off due to illness or to care for a sick child— 15 years of development out the window because Johnny had a sub for 2 days. Everything is unicorn farts at home- it’s all teachers fault![/quote] I’m a teacher, so I sympathize with you. But I’m also a parent and agree what everyone else is saying. We do not allow YouTube in our house. It’s banned. I hate it with a fiery passion. Yet my kids are constantly watching YouTube when they’re not supposed to be at school because “everyone does”. Both the teachers (who are also sick of this) and I have asked, repeatedly, how to block it on their computers, but no one ever has an answer. In no world should naturally curious, sneaky, cheeky children be given the opportunity to watch YouTube during school hours. Period. Full stop. End of story. In my classroom, students are not allowed to touch their computers from the time they walk through my door until the time they leave. The first thing they do when they walk into my classroom is put their computers inside their backpacks with their phones (which I have no issue with-especially if the kids ride the bus or have after school activities) and then put those backpacks as far away on the opposite side of the room as humanly possible. Problem solved. |
Anonymous
I'm sorry. That sounds really, really hard. If you can get it in writing from a psychologist that he is literally addicted to technology, they may be able to block youtube on his account. Reach out to your counselor/SBTS/teacher. But mostly I'd be reaching out to a child psychologist to figure out how to build resilience against the temptation, because it's not going to go away. |
Anonymous
DP. Right? Because that's the way adults deal with addiction... Why are we setting kids up for failure? |
Anonymous
Another DP. All of this. |
Anonymous
Well said. I'm tired of it! |
Anonymous
DP: Uh, yeah, it is. An addict cannot reasonably expect all restaurant to remove alcohol from the menu. |
Anonymous
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The county messed up with this 1:1 technology, giving every child a laptop. Kids are now addicted to screens and must use screens at school and for homework. They are now intertwined with school which is the real issue. Schools should collect the laptops and go back to traditional paper and pencil, and regular textbooks. Old school learning. I 100% blames the county.[/quote]
No, it’s the hours and hours at home on screens that “are the real issue.”[/quote] Right. If kids are "addicted to screens" it's not because they are using them during some class time. I had kids obsessed with video games, phones, etc long before we were regularly using personal technology in school. [/quote] According to the Keyboard Karens here, it’s all the fault of teachers for not fully engaging all 28 kids for 90 minutes that’s causing them to be addicted to their phones. Phones that, I might add, these kids can’t possibly live without because Mommy might need to check in on them for some reason that can’t be handled via the school office. It’s because a teacher took a couple days off due to illness or to care for a sick child— 15 years of development out the window because Johnny had a sub for 2 days. Everything is unicorn farts at home- it’s all teachers fault![/quote] I’m a teacher, so I sympathize with you. But I’m also a parent and agree what everyone else is saying. We do not allow YouTube in our house. It’s banned. I hate it with a fiery passion. Yet my kids are constantly watching YouTube when they’re not supposed to be at school because “everyone does”. Both the teachers (who are also sick of this) and I have asked, repeatedly, how to block it on their computers, but no one ever has an answer. In no world should naturally curious, sneaky, cheeky children be given the opportunity to watch YouTube during school hours. Period. Full stop. End of story. In my classroom, students are not allowed to touch their computers from the time they walk through my door until the time they leave. The first thing they do when they walk into my classroom is put their computers inside their backpacks with their phones (which I have no issue with-especially if the kids ride the bus or have after school activities) and then put those backpacks as far away on the opposite side of the room as humanly possible. Problem solved. [/quote] And what’s the plan when the kids leave home for college or work? |
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And what’s the plan when the kids leave home for college or work?[/quote] Kids will be older with more mature brains, then. We drove treat children like adults when it comes to driving, drinking, voting. Why do we treat them like adults in other areas? |
Anonymous
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My child had zero access to a computer until he entered FCPS. He was given his own laptop in third grade (something I was totally against). I also didn’t let him use my iPad as he grew up. The constant use of screens in school, pushed by FCPS, is what has led to his current addition and has heavily influenced the current culture of screen addicted kids. FCPS teachers now send out emails asking us to talk to the kids about not playing games on the computer…while at school! As if we parents can control what goes on at school. It wasn’t our idea to give these kids laptops in the first place. FCPS neees to grow up and realize they f’ed up with 1:1 technology. They have created monsters and they don’t know how to turn back the tide. Also, when virtual learning occurred, teachers had to turn to 100% computer usage. That also created screen addicted kids. When kids went back the following year, teacher continued using the same virtual lessons and using the computer nonstop. I blame FCPS.
FYI my kid still doesn’t have a cell phone or an iPad. |
Anonymous
Three ideas: 1. Check the Light Speed report against the assignments he's done. It will be a pain in the ass to do but you can figure out that if he's been on You Tube for 5 hours and hasn't submitted any assignments that day that he hasn't been using the computer as intended. If he's used the computer responsibly at school he can earn some time watching You Tube shorts at home. 2. Ask the school about one of the software programs where teachers can turn on and off his internet access. I forget the name but schools should be using these anyway. I have no idea why it's not happening. That would be worth advocating for at the district level. 3. You can speak to his case manager or guidance counselor and put a system in writing where he is only allowed access to his laptop when the teacher gives it to him. He has to hand it over at the beginning of class and can have it if it's needed. |
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And what’s the plan when the kids leave home for college or work?[/quote] Kids will be older with more mature brains, then. We drove treat children like adults when it comes to driving, drinking, voting. Why do we treat them like adults in other areas? [/quote] This is cute. I work with a lot of high school and college aged students. Giving them a cell phone at 17 or 18 and sending them off to college will not yield the results you are looking for. |
Anonymous
I’ve worked with FCPS for 10 years and have never heard of us having access to the program you mentioned in #2. |
Anonymous
What results? Right now, younger kids are learning nothing. If older kids learn nothing, at least they learned something when they were younger. |
Anonymous
That is quite the generalization. I know our primary teachers use tech sparingly. Maybe for a station and with the new phonics instruction I am noticing a huge difference in writing ability from K-2. I teach Upper ES and I am very purposeful with technology. My lessons are not on a computer but I do expect them to type their writing when they publish. All drafts start in a notebook. We do a lot of research as well in 6th grade. But I am very clear when computers should be out and when they are not needed. |
Anonymous
Because we don't need people who can think. The more failing adults who will be dependent on government we can produce, the more we can damage the entire us system. |